The Wahpeton times., 1887-12-15

SusEueN a.A0Se eSUC0Q upon t0o..4Ql
i fian. The man fired point blank s,
his head, cut off q lock OF hair, ai,l
the bullet killed the bartender, BE
lore he could fire again George seized
him, one hand on his throat and tn,
other on, his knee, lifted hin
high in the air, and held him thus 70,
ten seconds. Then he gave the body
q fling upon some whiskey barrels ter
feet away. 1t was an astonishing feat
OF strength, and the silence of death
fell upon the room. When it. wat
broken It was by q man who had tin
toed over to the barrels to look al
the ruffian. and who hoarsly whisper.
ed: ,
"Great heavens! Tom is as dead
as fish,"
So he was. The iron fingers had
choked the life out of him as he was
held aloft, and when he struck the
barrel almost every bone in his body
was broken. George stood there fol
two long. minutes, looking from one
to the other,sthen asked:
"Does anYpdy else want me to go
down on my Xnees?"
| Never q man replied. Never q hand
was lifted, and we went slowly out
and mounted our horses and rode
away unmolested.
"A month or SO later we were at
Waco, and one night attended the
performance at g concert hail. a
rougher crowd couldn't have been
brought together. III the first five
minutes Of our stay, / saw three tum.
blers of beer shot out of the hands oi
walters, and hat was knocked from
the head OF one ofthe stage performers
by bullet. l scented row and
wanted to go. but George asked me to
wait bit. Directly in front of us sat
an outlaw from the Indian Territory.
He was in an ugly. frame OF mind, and
anxious for blood letting. and pretty
sood he turned on US with.
(Which Of you vermin spit on my
hat2" -
"Neither of us, sir. politely answered
my friend.
"You are a id liar" shouted the
man. as he rose up.
"No shooting! No shootingl" called
q hundred voices, and the stage per-
formance was suspended to see the
row out. We were chock up. to the
side OF the hall, with wide
aisle in our front. Retreat
was cut of, while we could
be approached by three men abreast.
We put our backs to the wall, and
cried out that we were unarmed
and wanted fair play. Twenty people
shouted back that we should have it.,
but in place of two men. approaching
us whole half dozen jumped into the
aisle.
"Leave them all to me-" whispered
George, and he obliged me to do so by
stepping in front. ..
The crowd came at us with q rush,
sleeves up and fists clenched: George
stepped out to meet them. Biff! Biz!
went his iron knuckles, and every man
was knocked down inside of forty
seconds, and that before one of them
could get in q blow, Then George
picked each one up IN turn gave him q
shake which elicited q howl OF pain, and
flung him among the spectators. Not
one OF them came back. after more; and
no one else in the audience cared to
meddle with US. 1t was over in. five
minutes, and afterthe stage manager
had tendered US q vote of thanks, the
performance went on. Three Of the
i've men received, broken limbs in the
toss. and one was made a cripple for
life by having his spine injured:
:. One OF the nerviest. things in
Sloane's career happened at Navaso-
ia, on the Brazos River. We were sit
ting on the veranda Of the hotel when
fighter entered the village on horse.
back, and armed with q Winchester
and two revo1vers. He took q drink
or two, and then started IN to cap
ture the town. There was only one
street, and no rode up and down this
full gallop, firing right and left and ut
tering terrific yells. Id five minutes he
had the town. People disappeared
from sight with amazing celebrity. and
everybody was thoroughly cowed.
The fellow fired two shots among the
sitters on the veranda, and we STAN.
peded. pwn up that l had no desire
for a closer acquaintance with the
ruffian, and was among the first to
seek cover. When We were all inside I
peered cautiously from a window and
saw Slone still outside. He was on
his feet. leaning against q column OF
the veranda and smoking cigar as
coolly as you please. shouted for
him to come in but he shook his
head. Appeals were made by others,
hut he turned deaf ear.
The cowboy had by this time reach.
ed the lower end Of the street and
turned to come back. He came at
full gallop. but checked his horse in
front OF the hotel and fired
three shots at Sloane from
q distance OF fifty feet. The
first tipped past his ear, the other
two cut cloth without drawing blood.
We were looking full at the shooter
from the windows, and as he fired his
third shot without bringing his man q
look of wonder came to his face, and
he bent forward for closer look, and
shonted:
who are you, man or devil?"
George sauntered along to the steps,
slowly descended, and approached the
man. and as he came near enough he
grabbed for him. Next instant. the
cowboy was pulled of his horse and
being literally mopped all over the
was d:sarmed with scarcely an effort,
and whep Geoege got through with
him he lay as one dead. Rifle. revolv-
ers, and knife were.broken and flung
IN a heap beside him, and George sat
down on the steps to finish hissmoke.
He had kept his cigar alight through
the fracas. + personally interviewed
the doctor who was called to see the
cowboy. nl.;. he gave me a list of the